netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] Add ndo_set_vf_port

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Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:03:23 -0700
From:	Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>
To:	Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>,
	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"chrisw@...hat.com" <chrisw@...hat.com>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"Williams, Mitch A" <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] Add ndo_set_vf_port_profile

On 4/26/10 4:21 PM, "Scott Feldman" <scofeldm@...co.com> wrote:

>> It seems to me that this:
>> 
>> ip link show [ DEVICE ]
>> 
>> should at least return the number of VFs so
>> that you can make sure the subsequent usage of this:
> 
> Yes, I believe that's there today:
> 
>     NLA_PUT_U32(skb, IFLA_NUM_VF, dev_num_vf(dev->dev.parent));
> 
> The number of VFs is returned in RTM_GETLINK.  But, it's only returned if:
> 
>     if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_vf_config && dev->dev.parent)
> 
> For my proposal, I'll need to return IFLA_NUM_VF unconditionally so callers
> can get num VFs.

Hmmm...seems IFLA_NUM_VF assumes a PCI device supporting SR-IOV when it uses
dev_num_vf().  I think a better option would have been to query the device
for the number of VFs, without assuming SR-IOV or even PCI.

I see a ndo_get_num_vf() coming...

-scott

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